Samuel Johnson1709–1784- Life of Johnson (Boswell) (1775)
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XII
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XII
- Life of Johnson (Boswell) (1777)
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XXVI
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XXVII
- The Rambler (1750–1752), No. 2 (24 March 1750)
- Life of Johnson (Boswell) (1777)
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Ch. XIII
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Life of Johnson (Boswell) (1776)A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785) (16 August 1773)The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV (1780)Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV (8 May 1781)All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III (15 April 1778) p. 393Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II (2 April 1775)
